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Posted on 07/22/2025 9:13:47 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Stephen Colbert declared to Donald Trump that “the gloves are off” in his first broadcast since his Late Show was cancelled amid a political firestorm, as his fellow hosts lined up to defend him with Jon Stewart scathingly denouncing Paramount for trying to “censor and control” its hosts.
Colbert, the top-rated late-night talk show host in the US, said last week on his CBS show Late Night – which he took over from David Letterman in 2015 – that Paramount’s decision to pay a $16m settlement to Trump over another flagship CBS show, 60 Minutes, amounted to a “big fat bribe”. CBS is part of Paramount, which needs the Trump-controlled Federal Communications Commission to approve its $8bn sale to Skydance.
Paramount pulled the plug three days later, with Trump revelling in the firing of one of his most prolific detractors, posting on his Truth Social platform: “I absolutely love that Colbert was fired.”
Colbert came out swinging on Monday, telling Trump to “go **** yourself”.
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WTH?! Colbert never had the gloves on in the first place.
So is Stephen going to stop being nice to Trump?
Why did they give him eight months warning? Contract? He is likely to go full crazy and get msnbc level ratings.
This guy thinks he’s a bigger deal than he is.
Trump has chunks of guys like Colbert in his stool.
Exactly!
What? Is he going to lambast Trump more than he was? That’s all the @$$hole ever did.
WHAT A JOKE.
He never was very nice in the first place.
What an insipid ass Colbert is.
I’ve always regarded him as the worst of the late night crowd.
He should count himself lucky to have a job for the next year. If it had been up to me, his show would have been cancelled immediately.
Colbert: I’m going to lose money even faster/harder.
Wish Colbert the worst. He’s scum of the earth 🌎
He loves his C0ck holster to always be open. Please, feel free to slander, I would love you to end up in court.
There are going to be lots of openings at NPR :>
Eat up the contract and fire him immediately.
CBS will probably have to do that anyway because Colbert is not going to follow the rules. Then CBS will have another lawsuit.
He’s lost the station 40 mil a year. That is the reason he’s getting the boot.
Previously, they didn't mind because they thought he was being useful.
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